picked up my hard top last night.. had to carry the thing bout 50 yards to the truck and up a steep bank, over a fence to get it in the bed.. just me and wife had to carry it... but its a very nice top.. just needs paint inside of it because its white....post pics later when i get it n my jeep...

well, when i built my rollbar i built it to the measurements to a buddys hard top, well it lacked 1/2" of bolting on... that sucks.. so i had to break out the ol potorband and cut the rear hoop out..olwell i didnt like the rear hoop anyways..

when you drove my Jeep, you heard the noise I was getting from the front end, right? do you think that was bushings somewhere, motor mounts, or control arms? the popping has gotten worse, and I thought replacing my tranny mount would alleviate it, but it didn't. Now I'm going to do some Brown Dog motor mounts and see what's up, but I think it's something else. I need motor mounts regardless though.

when you drove my Jeep, you heard the noise I was getting from the front end, right? do you think that was bushings somewhere, motor mounts, or control arms? the popping has gotten worse, and I thought replacing my tranny mount would alleviate it, but it didn't. Now I'm going to do some Brown Dog motor mounts and see what's up, but I think it's something else. I need motor mounts regardless though.

Have you checked your stock sway bar end links? Disco em and take a quick test drive to see if the noise goes away.

Have you checked your stock sway bar end links? Disco em and take a quick test drive to see if the noise goes away.

I sure haven't. Sadly, I've never had a need to disconnect them and I was afraid if I did it just for the hell of it, I'd never get them reconnected. Haha! The only offroading I've been able to take it on lately was very, very, very mild trails. I'm going to go disco them now and see what happens. Would it be the bushings in the end links, or the end links themselves that need to be replaced if the popping goes away?

I sure haven't. Sadly, I've never had a need to disconnect them and I was afraid if I did it just for the hell of it, I'd never get them reconnected. Haha! The only offroading I've been able to take it on lately was very, very, very mild trails. I'm going to go disco them now and see what happens. Would it be the bushings in the end links, or the end links themselves that need to be replaced if the popping goes away?

well, theres a couple of things.. yeah check your end links, the bushings for thbe sway bar where it mounts to the frame, but i would say its your control arms, one of them.. i was goin thru them like a fat kid with jelly beans..the bushing is just a lite press in the stamped control arms..

got some new magnaflow exhaust on the jeep today, new free flow cat and muffler .. got lucky and the rear o2 sensor works fine with the new smaller cat..
got to replace the rear skyjacker shock already.. flexed it and busted it.. under warranty and already have the new one..

which cat did you get? got a part number? i need to replace mine also.

thanks

yeah man i can get it for ya... the guys that did it for me said since it was the first years meaning 97-98 tj's the o2 senors had more of temp range on them is the reason the check engine light didnt come on.. which is a good thing...

been workin a lot of overtime this year, so i went a bought a few new toys..
pro tools full hydro tubing bender, will come in handy right off the bat...
new set of dimple dies is coming in..
hopefully i will be able to finish the cage out , and im goin to redo my tire carrier and my front stinger is goin to be gone..

been getn a lil tried of the steering here lately.. its made with ton ends and set up with crossover into the lower pass. side tie rod end.. i have a dead spot in the steering and with a dd everyday its starting to suck.. driving it to tenn on the 14th and im not goin to fight it.. so im goin to park it and fix it before i go and make it like the u-turn steering systems..